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Charlemagne; Ou L&Apos;Eglise Delivree Poeme Epique En Vingt-Quatre Chants

Lucien Bonaparte · 1814 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

Londres, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. A leather bound edition of Lucien Bonaparte's epic poem on the life and reign of Charlemagne. First editions with excellent margins in an excellent quality contemporary full speckled calf binding …

La Pucelle D&Apos;Orleans

M. de Voltaire · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Paris, Lescaret, 1982. Cloth. A smart copy of the Voltaire classic, The Maid of Orleans. In the original French. Illustrated throughout with many erotic coloured and engraved plates. Limited to 3050 copies, of which this is numbered 2024. The Maid of Orleans (La Pucelle d'O…

Oeuvres Du Comte Antoine Hamilton

Comte Antoine Hamilton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Paris, Antoine-Augustine Renouard, 1812. Leather. Antoine (or Anthony) Hamilton (1646 – 21 April 1720) was an Irish classical author of near Scottish ancestry, who wrote in French. In imitation and satiric parody of the romantic tales which Antoine Galland's translation of…

Recueil Des Discours, Sur la Question de la Reunion de la Belgique a la France, Imprimes Par Ordre de la Convention Nationale.

Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai · 1797 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Journal du Commerce, 1797. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce French first edition of this work on the issue of the union of Belgium and France. Written by French politician and lawyer Phillipe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, the essay is an interesting document of the Frenc…

Poemes Et Reveries D&Apos;Un Paien Mistiqe

Louis Menard · 1895 · Rooke Books

£159.99 (€191.77 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Paris, Librairie de L'Art Independant, 1895. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the French man of letters Louis-Nicolas Menard. The first edition of this work. In the original French. A collection of interesting poetry. Written by Loui…

Origines de L&Apos;Allemagne L&Apos;Empire Germanique

Jules Zeller · 1872 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.29 | $95.11 | ¥15,188)

Paris, Didier , 1872. Leather. This is the first volume of Zeller's history of Germany and goes up to the Carolingian period. In the original French. An interesting history of Germany. Written by Jules Sylvian Zeller. Zeller became professor of History at the Facult de Lett…

Les Chansons Des Rues Et Des Bois

Victor Hugo · 1866 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Paris, Librairie International, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie, 1866. First edition. Leather. The first Parisian edition of 'Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois', from Victor Hugo, in a decorative calf binding. Whilst the Brussel's edition is stated 1865, it seems…

Algiers: Being a Complete Picture of the Barbary States; Their Government, Laws, Religion, and Natural Productions

George Anson Jackson · 1817 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, R. Edwards, 1817 . First edition. Leather. A scarce first and only edition of this fascinating account of the Barbary States, including a chapter on the slavery of captured Europeans. Bound in quarter calf, with marbled paper coverings, gilt bands, and a printed paper sp…

The Constable de Bourbon

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1866 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel by the prolific William Ainsworth Not seen at auction since 1978. In the publisher's original cloth. Ainsworth had intended to be a lawyer, but found that it held no attraction for him.…

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R. S.

William Bray [ed.] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition. Leather. The smart first edition of John Evelyn's memoirs, offering an illustrated wealth of reference on 17th-century life. First edition. Complete in two volumes; second volume in two parts.  In full contemporary calf. Rebacked…

The Wallypug in London

G. E. Farrow · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Methuen & Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this 'Wallypug' book, a whimsical story in the tradition of Lewis Carroll which follows the King of Why on a trip to London. The first edition of this uncommon children's fantasy novel. Th…

Fables

Walter Brown · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, S. Grosvenor , 1884. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Walter Brown's fables, with Thomas Bewick's delightful woodcut embellishments. First edition. Bound in full burgundy cloth. Bound with the original blanks, half title, and renewed endpapers.Il…

Work and Labour in Britain

Robert Harborough Sherard; A.L. Bowley; Kate K. Liepmann [foreword by A.M. Carr Sanders] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London; Cambridge, James Bowden; Cambridge University Press; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1897-1944. First edition. Cloth. Three works focusing on labour conditions within Britain, including scarce works, first editions, and folding maps depicting employer distribution. Thr…

Exposition Des Arts Du Feu: Verrerie, Cãƒâ©Ramique, ãƒâ‰Maux, Vitraux, Mosaãƒâ¯Que.

None Stated · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Genève, None Stated, 1916. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce first edition of this richly illustrated catalogue showcasing a selection of contemporary Swiss decorative arts at the height of wartime modern craftsmanship. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First editio…

Zoz: A Story of Glory

Norman Mommens · 1959 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1959. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition from the Lion and Unicorn Press, offering this quirky illustrated series from Belgian artist Norman Mommens. Limited edition of 200 copies, this copy being number 95. In the publisher's lamina…

London Dead, and Other Verses

C. Kennett Burrow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Alston River Ltd , 1908. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet of poems from C. Kennett Burrow. The first edition of this very scarce collection of verses by C. Kennett Burrow. In the original wraps. "Of these numbers many appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette; …

The Sorrows of Jupiter

Julius · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Greening & Co. Limited , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A curious volume of spoof lectures, blending fantasy and science fiction to narrate tales of ancient Greek gods. "Two addresses delivered at the British Society for Mythological Research".First edition. Uncommon.In th…

Empedocles on Etna: A Dramatic Poem

Matthew Arnold · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Portland , Thomas B. Mosher , 1900. First edition. Paperback. One of fifty copies printed by Thomas B. Mosher of Matthew Arnold's closet drama, 'Empedocles on Etna&apos. Limited edition of 50 copies. Another limited edition of 450 copies by Mosher was published the sam…

Ornamental Homecrafts

Idalia B. Littlejohns · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming work on crafts that can be done at home, with beautiful colour plates and an emphasis on dyes. The first edition of Ornamental Homecrafts: A Practical Description of Various Methods of Ornament…

Kitchen Front Recipes and New Dishes for Old

Ambrose Heath · 1942 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1942. First edition. Cloth. Two cooking volumes by the prominent food writer Ambrose Heath, both written at the height of the Second World War and rationing. The scarce reprint of Kitchen Front Recipes and the first edition of New Dishes for Old, …